One meal. Another good idea.
Sometimes a little planning can make the next meal easier. Make It Stretch shows how part of one meal, something prepared on purpose or an ingredient you've already bought can become a different dinner.
It is about making good use of food without feeling as though you're eating the same thing twice. Each journey explains what to prepare or save and how to use it safely.
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Make the fish filling as directed, then deliberately reserve the amount the recipes specify before assembling the pie.
First meal
Make one generous batch of creamy fish filling and reserve roughly two-fifths — approximately 450 g — after the fish is fully cooked.
Next meal
Mix the reserved cooked fish filling with fluffy potato, shape six cakes, coat them with flour, egg and breadcrumbs, then fry until crisp and steaming hot.
More ways to plan ahead
First meal
Reserve approximately 500 g—roughly two-fifths of the finished chilli—before serving the first meal.
Loaded wedges
Spoon the steaming-hot reserved chilli over crisp oven wedges, with yoghurt or Cheddar if wanted.
First meal
Reserve approximately 500 g—roughly two-fifths of the finished chilli—before serving the first meal.
Burritos
Combine the steaming-hot reserved chilli with freshly cooked rice and roll it into four warm tortilla wraps.
First meal
Make one generous curry batch, then reserve approximately 500 g before serving tonight's portion with rice.
Next meal
Bake two potatoes until crisp outside and fluffy inside, then fill them with the thoroughly reheated reserved chicken curry.
First meal
Reserve approximately 600 g of the finished macaroni cheese before finishing the first meal.
Next meal
Loosen the reserved macaroni cheese with milk, add vegetables and bake it under crisp breadcrumbs and Cheddar.
First meal
This two-portion casserole uses 4 sausages. If your pack contains 8, keep the other 4 for Sausage & Tomato Pasta.
Another dinner
Remove the skins from the remaining sausages and cook the meat into a quick tomato sauce for pasta.
First meal
Make one generous batch of lentil and vegetable filling, then reserve approximately half before assembling the two-portion cottage pie.
Next meal
Simmer the reserved filling with a diced potato, vegetable stock and water, then lightly crush some of the potato and lentils to thicken the soup.